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Re: Freezer gasket repair

On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:23:27 -0600, Red Green <postmaster@127.0.0.1>
wrote:

>Eric in North TX <tinedog@gmail.com> wrote in news:327b3078-6f18-4099-
>a738-88a0f31d1879@m13g2000vbf.googlegroups.com:
>
>> On Nov 2, 7:13 pm, albee <a...@a.com> wrote:
>>> Any chance of doing this? I can't believe it's over $80 for a gasket.
>>> My side-by-side has a bad section of gasket at the bottom of the
>>> freezer. I'm looking around for gasket by the foot, but otherwise,
>>> would it be possible to repair it, maybe by injecting silicon caulk
>>> into it? Just a thought...  Or does anyone know of a cheaper generic I
>>> can find? No luck yet.
>>> Also, when I happened to open the fridge today I thought I heard
>>> hissing, maybe? I then opened the freezer, and noticed the defrosting
>>> coil lighted and saw water dripping and heard it sizzling on it (I
>>> presume that's not surprising?) At the time it was to me, as I didn't
>>> even know about heater coils to defrost, so quickly unplugged the
>>> thing :)  
>>> But I don't believe the hissing I heard was the water dripping on the
>>> hot coil; sounded different. Haven't noticed it again. Possibly
>>> occurred just as the defroster was turning on? Any thoughts?
>>> Thanks much!
>>
>> I don't know about the defrost problems, but the door gasket can be
>> mended.
>> I fixed one on an dorm size fridge about 15 years ago, it is still in
>> daily use as a drinks fridge. i just replaced the damaged section with
>> G.E. silicone seal (white) and put scotch tape on the body of the
>> fridge where the gasket contacted so it wouldn't bond the door shut,
>> removed it when it dried. I don't think I even turned it off. It is
>> more art than science.
>
>Scotch tape obviously fine for this one. Just thought I'd toss in that I
>use waxed paper for many such things.
Fantastic. Will give it a shot, particularly since it's just one small
section that seems to have deteriorated/gotten damaged.
The cash for fridges should be out soon, so we were hoping to buy a
new one, anyway, and move this to the garage as a spare. Particularly
since I can't get the ice maker to work. In fact, I replaced the whole
thing and still doesn't work. But that's another story (electrical, I
presume).
Thanks again!

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